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the white house has just announced that president obama will travel to boston for an interstate service on thursday. laura joins us from a city still in shock. >> yes, cathy, a very somber city. as you just heard in the update from fbi officials in boston, someone knows who did this. they said they are appealing to the public for clues. we also have an update on the forensic examination of the site where the bomb went off. it seems the bomb was contained in a pressure cooker and carried in a black nylon backpack. at the moment, no more questions have been answered. my colleague has this report. >> runners were struggling to the finish line, their families watching, at cheering. then the unthinkable. cheers became screams. a moment of celebration and triumphed shattered. on the streets of boston, sights and sounds more familiar in countries at war. pavement spattered in blood as two bomb blasts claimed their victims. it was the cruelest of moments. >> i saw a trash can explode. people started throwing down the barricade and running over each other. i ran in the other direction as fast as
the white house has just announced that president obama will travel to boston for an interstate service on thursday. laura joins us from a city still in shock. >> yes, cathy, a very somber city. as you just heard in the update from fbi officials in boston, someone knows who did this. they said they are appealing to the public for clues. we also have an update on the forensic examination of the site where the bomb went off. it seems the bomb was contained in a pressure cooker and carried...
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the white house has just announced that president obama will travel to boston for an interstate service on thursday. laura joins us from a city still in shock. >> yes, cathy, a very somber city. as you just heard in the update from fbi officials in boston, someone knows who did this. they said they are appealing to the public for clues. we also have an update on the forensic examination of the site where the bomb went off. it seems the bomb was contained in a pressure cooker and carried in a black nylon backpack. at the moment, no more questions have been answered. my colleague has this report. >> runners were struggling to the finish line, their families watching, at cheering. then the unthinkable. cheers became screams. a moment of celebration and triumphed shattered. on the streets of boston, sights and sounds more familiar in countries at war. pavement spattered in blood as two bomb blasts claimed their victims. it was the cruelest of moments. >> i saw a trash can explode. people started throwing down the barricade and running over each other. i ran in the other direction as fast as
the white house has just announced that president obama will travel to boston for an interstate service on thursday. laura joins us from a city still in shock. >> yes, cathy, a very somber city. as you just heard in the update from fbi officials in boston, someone knows who did this. they said they are appealing to the public for clues. we also have an update on the forensic examination of the site where the bomb went off. it seems the bomb was contained in a pressure cooker and carried...
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what is being described as an interfaith service. do you think that kind of visit is important to the people of the city? >> i think it is very important. this is a city which really does not seem to have considered itself as possibly being somewhere where something like this could happen. there is such a sense of profound shock that the marathon, so beloved by this city and beloved by the runners to travel all over the world to take part in it, the up what was supposed to be a celebration of athletic prowess, showcasing boston to the world, that it .urned out to be a target the president coming year will be well received, but mostly people want to know who is behind us. they are anxiously watching the investigation. >> as are the rest of us. for more on this investigation and who may have carried out these attacks, how and why, i'm joined by a former 9/11 commissioner. timothy, let me start with you. what kind of things are the investigators looking for a the moment to give them some kind of clue, to give them the evidence they need
what is being described as an interfaith service. do you think that kind of visit is important to the people of the city? >> i think it is very important. this is a city which really does not seem to have considered itself as possibly being somewhere where something like this could happen. there is such a sense of profound shock that the marathon, so beloved by this city and beloved by the runners to travel all over the world to take part in it, the up what was supposed to be a...
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president obama will travel to boston to attend a service for victims thursday. stay with wjz on air and online for complete coverage of the explosions at the boston marathon. for developments any time, log onto cbsbaltimore.com. and coming up at 7:00 p.m., scott pelley and the cbs evening news, live from boston. tune in for the latest on the investigation and the victims coming up, right here on eyewitness news. >>> wjz wants to update you on the breaking news we told you about a short time ago. cbs news now is confirming a letter sent to a u.s. senator's office preliminarily tests positive for the poison ricin. the letter was sent to republican senator roger wicker of mississippi. it was apparently an envelope. and the poison was detected at the u.s. capitol off-site mail facility in d.c. further testing on that envelope is under way right now. and senators are being briefed also right now on that situation. >>> well, today marks the 6th anniversary of another horrible act of violence. the massacre at virginia tech. people are remembering the victims murdered a
president obama will travel to boston to attend a service for victims thursday. stay with wjz on air and online for complete coverage of the explosions at the boston marathon. for developments any time, log onto cbsbaltimore.com. and coming up at 7:00 p.m., scott pelley and the cbs evening news, live from boston. tune in for the latest on the investigation and the victims coming up, right here on eyewitness news. >>> wjz wants to update you on the breaking news we told you about a...
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. >> and president obama is planning to travel to boston on thursday to attend an inner faith service for the bombing victims. one of those victims is a local preschool teacher. 29-year-old erica branock of cockeysville is recovering from serious injuries from the blast. >> reporter: 29-year-old erica branock was in boston, to watch and cheer on her mom, carol phillips downing, who was running in the marathon. erica, her sister and brother- in-law were all at the finish line when the bombs went off. [ explosion ] branock, a howard county native, who teaches at a towson preschool, sustained extensive injuries to her legs and feet, according to the reports from her family. >> the latest we have heard from her mom is that she is going back into surgery this morning am she has severe injuries to both of her legs. and they were working on, i believe, reconstructing her right foot this morning. >> reporter: they also say her sister's legs are broken and her brother-in-law suffer severe burns. erika's facebook page is filled with messages of concern and support, as her friends and colleagues
. >> and president obama is planning to travel to boston on thursday to attend an inner faith service for the bombing victims. one of those victims is a local preschool teacher. 29-year-old erica branock of cockeysville is recovering from serious injuries from the blast. >> reporter: 29-year-old erica branock was in boston, to watch and cheer on her mom, carol phillips downing, who was running in the marathon. erica, her sister and brother- in-law were all at the finish line when...
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. >> and president obama will be in boston thursday. they're having an enter faith service for -- interfaith service for the victims. our bruce leshan has been in boston and has the latest from there right now. >> reporter: we are just outside one of the law enforcement staging areas on the boston common. and the authorities are pledging to go to the ends of the earth to catch the killer or killers. but the fbi is also pleading for help closer to home. this special agent in charge says these killer or killers are somebody's neighbor, somebody's friend, somebody knows them. the person who did this is someone's friend, neighbor, coworker or relative. we're asking anyone who may have heard someone speak about the marathon or the date of april 15th in any way that indicated that he or she may target the event to call us. >> reporter: the fbi says the explosives were packed in two pressure cookers, stuffed in dark-colored bags and left on the ground. they were apparently loaded with nails and bb's designed to inflict maximum injury. the blas
. >> and president obama will be in boston thursday. they're having an enter faith service for -- interfaith service for the victims. our bruce leshan has been in boston and has the latest from there right now. >> reporter: we are just outside one of the law enforcement staging areas on the boston common. and the authorities are pledging to go to the ends of the earth to catch the killer or killers. but the fbi is also pleading for help closer to home. this special agent in charge...
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secret service agent who walked ahead of president obama during "the nine" inaugural parade and he knows what it takes to secure this type of situation. dan, that's what people want to know. how? how could this happen? >> good question. i think everybody is assuming, though, that these bombs were planted yesterday when they, in fact exploded and the event happened. that may not be the case. i don't know that for a fact, but what concerned the secret service and me specifically when i was there and we would organize the parade route for the president was not a device trying to come in that day. we knew we would be able to intercept it, but a device that was preplanted. and that, unfortunately, may be an avenue they may have to pursue investigatively. >> brian: from what you can tell, from what we know, this saudi national is a person of interest in the hospital right now who we've gone through his apartment. how unusual is it for the bomber, who is not a homicide bomber, to be a victim? evidently he had burns on him and smelled like gun powder. what does that make you conclude? >> yeah. u
secret service agent who walked ahead of president obama during "the nine" inaugural parade and he knows what it takes to secure this type of situation. dan, that's what people want to know. how? how could this happen? >> good question. i think everybody is assuming, though, that these bombs were planted yesterday when they, in fact exploded and the event happened. that may not be the case. i don't know that for a fact, but what concerned the secret service and me specifically...